Telephone cabinet



E. I EwERs E1- AL TELEPHONE CABINET Filed sept. 2, 192e Jan. s, 1929.

salmi Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

TELEPHONE CABINE-ir.4

Application filed September 2, 1926.: v S,eria1-No. 1u33,142. i

This invention relatesto'improvements in furniture, iarticularl'vcabinetsV and ymore l particularly to a telephone cabinet which isadapted toreadilyreceive a telephone instru. ment, and it is theprincipal object ofthe inventionto provide a telephone cabinet whichwill positively prevent the use ofthe `telephone instrument byunauthorized persons.

Another object of theinvention is the provision of a telephone cabi-netwhich may be supported on a. table, tripod-or any other suitable supportand which. has combined therewith a small desk serving as containerv forpencils or the like articles, and allowing the taking of messages.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a telephonecabinet having an opening in its front wall for the passage of thespeaker or mouth piece which is surrounded bya luminous circle in orderto allow the operation in the dark.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a telephonecabinet provided with doors which can be locked and which are equippedwith suitable alarm bells or the like.

Other objects are the provision of av mirror in front of the cabinet andof'suitable ornamental featnres on the front wall, a hinged cover forthe cabinet which covers a falsetop spaced therefrom and suitablefor thereception of ash trays,-match`and ash receivers, cigarette receptaclesand the like articles, while the inner face of the hinged cover may beadapted to display pictures or the like. It is furthermore an object ofthe present invention to combine the cabinet with a cash receptacle intowhich the cash for calls may be deposited and which is arranged withinthe cabinet protected by the closed doors thereof. The cabinetfurthermore contains a shelved container for the reception of notes,etc., and on the inner door face a list of the telephone exchanges andnumbers more frequently Called by a subscriber is arranged.

These and other objects and advantages of our invention will become morefully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then be morespecifically defined in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing the single figure illustrates as an 'examplethe preferred form of our telephone cabinet in perspective view.

As illustrated, the telephone cabinet according to our inventioncomprisesl a frame give an alarm when the l() havingy a bottoni l1 andtop 12 to forma esterni?, oFFicE.- y

cabinet forthe reception ofthe telephone in-A .strument 13 to be placedtherein from one of,

4thesides which is then closedby a doorll h inged to thefi'aineiO, whilethe opposite side is closed by means of a side door l5 also hinged tothe frame.` Both doors. are equipped with` suitable locks 16 to close ithe cabinet with the telephone instrument inside thereof so as toprevent its use by unauthor ized persons. Thespeaker-of the phone isillustrated at "17 and ladapted tobe passedI through a hole in the frontwall 0f the cabinet as 1S and a luminous dial indicated at 19 isprovided near said transii'iittenv A mirror or the like 20 is attachedto the front .Wall of the cabinet beneath the speaker. Other ornamentsof any suitable desired nature may surround 'the speaker and mirror onthe front wall, the y are generally indicated at 2l. Y

-The bottom ll of the cabinet is extended at the front thereof, as shownat 22, and a small desk is supported thereby designated23, forl thereception of pencils 24 or the like, and

kclosed by a lid 25 hinged to the frame which may be provided with alock, and cari'ieson its upper face a pad or slate 26 for the takingdown of messages notes or the like.'r A pad of a multitude of papersheets for this purpose is indicated at 27 and may be suspended from theframe extension, as indicated at 28.

The cabinet is supported by a suitable support or table 29, which mayalso have the 'i form of a tripod or the like, if this form is moresuitable for the special purpose.

A box 30 equipped with a plurality of superposed shelves 3l is arrangedWit-hin the cabinet for the reception of various articles i `such asvmessages, watches, etc.

At the inner face'ofrone of the doors, preferably door 15, a list 32 isprovided containying the names, exchanges and numbers of people whicharemost frequently called by a subscriber. `'The doors are also equippedwith suitable alarm bells 33 or the like which obvious reasons. o

The cover or top l2 covers part of thev cabinet only, and beneath thesame a false top 34 is provided carrying ash trays 35, match Vholders 36and cigarette packages holders'37 or the like, and a lid 38 hingedto theupper edge of the frame on the rear thereof closes over the false topwhich is suitably spaced from the lid, and can be closed by a suitablelock 39 or the like.

doors are opened forA Vim It will be "clear that our cabinet can bemanufactured from any suitable Wood or material of a shape andeolortoharmonize With the color and general appearance of the thereof,andA it is to be understood that such y changes as come Within the scope"of theappended claim maybe made in the general ar-j rangement ofour'device and in the construe` parture from the gist of, theinvention.`

tion ,ofthe minorv details thereof Without de- Having thus describedourY invention, what weclairn as new, and des'ireto secureby LettersPatent is:

In a cabinet ofthe `Class described,a

of fraine'like design including a bottom, front and 'rear Walls` and atop, said top beingv y being hinged to the rear Wall, compartment formedin eonnectionwith saidtopandadap-ti i ed to belcovered by thehinged`vsection of the formed of two"`sections,fone` o-saidJ sections f latter,a pairof side doors in the body, hingedy 1y connectedto the rear Wallthereof andA `providing closures Jfor said frame like-body,

means orlocking'saiddoors to theront Wall "i of the body, to preventunauthorized entrance f yto the compartment closed by sai-d doors, legssupportingsaid body andfanextension on the y' bottorn of said cabinetrejecting forwardly Hof the front wall thereofP a platform deskthereon,vthefront Wall of "said body being" provided with an opening y l4therein`,as and or the purposes described.` V 3" and4 adaptedto formSgnedat N ew York in thecountyofNeW York and State of New York this 1stof `September' A. D. T1926.

y jjEDWARD LEWERS. f i

Almnrrrz` A; RIoKLEs.

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